It's already in the distribution. It sometimes goes by the name YP or YellowPages.
There's also a variation called NIS+ that offers more security. There is a set
of howto's on it in /usr/doc/HOWTO/....
The simple explination is that it basicly exports key information from /etc on
the server to clients. The clients can then login anyone that has an account on
the server. Coupled with NFS, you can do things like have one set of home directories
for everyone on the server. They login to a particular box, get their server user
ID, privilages, and even home directory from anywhere in the network.
Once you have NIS and NFS in place, then you can start working with the automounter
daemon so the clients only mount the home directories when the user's actually log
in. Further, you can use NTP to keep time syncronized to within a few milliseconds
between all the machines. This is important if you use make to build projects on
an NFS mounted partition. Time skew between systems can break the make files.
None of this is particularly hard. Start with NFS, then add NIS, then NTP, then
finally, auotmount. This will give you nice steps from basic to a sophisticated
system configuration that will grow to meet your needs.
All this is documented in the HOWTOs and individual utility documents in /usr/doc
or in man pages. You might also get the Network Administrators Guide from O'Reily,
or any of their other fine Linux and Unix admin handbooks. Try www.ora.com on the
web.
Start reading, and good luck!
On Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 02:36:34PM -0600, Jeff Smelser wrote:
> whats nis? I have not heard of it.. Where can I get it?
>
>
> On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, J. Scott Kasten wrote:
>
> > You must either manualy keep UIDs identical across systems or use NIS which will
> > do it for you effectively. (It exports a user file to all participating systems
> > so you only maintain the main server.)
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 01:52:46PM -0600, Jeff Smelser wrote:
> > > What are people using to keep multiple linux boxes users sync up? What I
> > > mean is that I have permission problems because users will not have the
> > > same id's on all machines. So I would like to sync them up, and all new
> > > users as well.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
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